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The Monrovian Analog Blogger

Posted by samzenpus on from the old-school dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Motherboard.TV reports, 'In Monrovia, Liberia, there’s a guy taking the matter of a lopsided, state-run media and reshaping it into a free-of-charge, independent news-aggregator—all accomplished with dry-erase board and couple markers. (Sorry, internet!) Each morning, at 10:45 AM, Alfred Sirleaf wakes up and heads down to his bulletin board to post the day’s news, culling together a slate of stories his countrymen might otherwise never see. Grateful readers line up in droves, on foot and in cars, to read these updates, in what has been described as the country's — and probably the world's — only analog blog.'"

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  1. Re:whooooooooosh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Jokes are supposed to be funny. Go back to digg.

  2. Re:Same thing, different name by c6gunner · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't think people have been using the internet to aggregate information for display on public chalkboards "for ages."

    Wow, that's SO insightful!!! Except ... people still aren't doing that now. Apparently you didn't RTFA or WTFV, and neither did 3 guys with mod points.